Hello ,
I don't know what happened to the tip of my napolitana negra. I moved my fig trees inside a polytunnel for winter. Mainly to protect them from rain as we don't get a lot of frost. This is a one year old tree. Not sure if I moved them in too early. Is it a mold? Or fungal infection?.. It went soft almost look like it's cooked. Please can someone tell me what's wrong . The tunnel is well ventilated and now I left the door open.
Thanks

Maybe it was cooked. How hot in there? But I'd think excess heat would affect the leaves before the shoot. At any rate if it's only the tips the plant won't know the difference next spring, provided of course it doesn't continue.

It could be a bacterial or fungal infection due to constant humidity. The more mature wood will be more resistant. You'll probably be OK as it cools down.

Ya, not much heat in your area this time of yr.

Looks to be broke off / snapped off to me if you bliw picture up. Birds try to land on them etc

I agree with Ritchie.  It looks like some critter either chewed or tore the upper stem, girdled it and caused the top to die.  It could have been you as you were doing something else and bent over it or you might need to set traps.  Unfortunately if it wasn't you then it could be anything from vole to opossum to raccoon.  And if it was you you wouldn't fit in any of those traps anyway.

@ritchie @rcantor
I agree, it could've been me as I was trying cramp them all together must have done the damage without realising. It's inside the tunnel and got too many spiders aswell in there . I was gonna spray copper fungicide. But I will leave it for now.
Cheers guys

You're gonna need a bigger trap  :)  Bait it with fresh figs.

Hi,
That stem was too soft to go dormant. It probably was willing to grow more but got stopped by the colder temperature and less light due to days shortening.
I had one doing the same thing on my Sultane. Alas, nothing one can do against that.
It happened last year as my sultane was planted 12 months before from a pot. She had to adapt but that bud did not. It was growing strong and got stopped.
Humidity is your enemy in such situations.
Clean all leaves out of the shed. Try to pull them and the ones on the floor must come out or they will promote rotting and mold inside the shed .
In England, you shouldn't need the side walls; just the roof ... to stop the rain from getting in the pots.
As with my trashcan method, you need to keep the area vented and with fresh air .

But for that particular tree, I would blame it on the tree being pushed late with fertilizer. That often happens with young trees. As it happened to my Sultane.
This year the tree has adapted to its spot and to the growing season, and so far I don't have that problem... Perhaps I should go and check again ... Sultane is a soft strain for my Zone7.

They look shewed; most probably a rat; last year these god d*$^ù§ rats ate the bark of a few of my littles trees!  I had to cut them down to the ground. Use rats traps as soon as possible and wait for the catch.
If the end of the branch grew soft and it broke in your fingers as it if it were rotten ;only one cause :too much watering. When they start their dormancy and in the spring when they grow slowly , overwatering is the main cause of failure.

Yes gold is correct. Last spring i k8ll3d a few of my trees that i planted in ground. They rotted at soil line. May have planted too deeply. Lost three out of 28 that were all planted at the same time. I like to plant them below soil line ( in a shallow hole 2 foot wide ) makes for easy watering and winter protection